Etheredge v. Walt Disney World

Summary

In this Entertainment negligence litigation proceedings, plaintiff Jaylana Jones Etheredge and other joining plaintiffs alleged Walt Disney World Company and others of negligence in the manner in which the defendant encouraged guests to cross the street at Disneys Fort Wilderness campground in Orlando, Florida. The plaintiff allegedly suffered injuries which required four surgeries, when she stepped off the curb at the campground and got her ankle caught in a storm drain, in July 1998.

The plaintiff was represented by attorney Jack Nichols. The defendant in this case, Walt Disney Company was represented by attorneys Bianca Liston and John Smith.

Outcome

Jury found for the Defense.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Etheredge, Jayla
Defense: Walt Disney Company

Judge: Stan Strickland
Jurisdiction: 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Orange County Courthouse

Case Number: 48-2002-CA-2595-O
Industry: Entertainment
Practice Area: Negligence, Tort Law

Plaintiff

Etheredge, Jayla

Represented By:
Nichols, Jack (Nichols, Jack B Law Offices of)

Defense

Walt Disney Company

Represented By:
Liston, Bianca (McDonald Toole Wiggins, P.A.)
Smith, John (Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

21 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:01:10	Opening Statement	Nichols, Jack
00:17:39	Opening Statement	Smith, John
00:29:28	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Matthew-Taylor, Christie	In Person
00:47:15	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Matthew-Taylor, Christie	In Person
01:14:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Matthew-Taylor, Christie	In Person
01:17:05	General Case Activities	Nichols, Jack
01:17:46	General Case Activities
01:18:00	Break
01:27:22	General Case Activities	Nichols, Jack
01:27:43	General Case Activities
01:28:15	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Levin, John	Video Recording
01:30:39	General Case Activities
01:33:23	General Case Activities
01:34:36	General Case Activities	Nichols, Jack
01:35:52	General Case Activities
01:36:56	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Tan, Kelly	Transcript Reading
01:43:48	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Tan, Kelly	Transcript Reading
01:56:34	General Case Activities
01:57:41	General Case Activities
01:58:56	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

23 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

37 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

36 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	General Case Activities
00:01:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Etheredge, Jalayna	In Person
00:08:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Smith, John	Etheredge, Jalayna	In Person
00:12:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Etheredge, Jalayna	In Person
00:14:59	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Bugamille, Natalie	In Person
00:18:57	General Case Activities
00:22:46	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Bugamille, Natalie	In Person
00:29:29	General Case Activities
00:31:07	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Bugamille, Natalie	In Person
00:37:57	General Case Activities
00:41:17	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Bugamille, Natalie	In Person
00:51:33	Break
00:55:13	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Bugamille, Natalie	In Person
00:58:33	General Case Activities
00:58:55	Break
01:33:43	Witness Cross Examination	Liston, Bianca	Bugamille, Natalie	In Person
01:33:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Bugamille, Natalie	In Person
01:36:47	General Case Activities
01:38:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Bugamille, Natalie	In Person
01:39:00	General Case Activities
01:40:07	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, John	Colon, John	In Person
01:49:26	Witness Cross Examination	Nichols, Jack	Colon, John	In Person
01:54:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Smith, John	Colon, John	In Person
01:56:22	Witness Direct Examination	Liston, Bianca	Maluso, Dr. Paul M.D.	In Person
02:08:29	Witness Cross Examination	Nichols, Jack	Maluso, Dr. Paul M.D.	In Person
02:18:24	General Case Activities
02:19:48	Witness Cross Examination	Nichols, Jack	Maluso, Dr. Paul M.D.	In Person
02:21:04	General Case Activities
02:22:30	Witness Cross Examination	Nichols, Jack	Maluso, Dr. Paul M.D.	In Person
02:34:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Liston, Bianca	Maluso, Dr. Paul M.D.	In Person
02:36:20	Break
02:52:00	General Case Activities
02:52:17	General Case Activities
02:55:20	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, John	Riggs, Tim	Video Recording
03:11:01	General Case Activities
03:11:30	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

21 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

DEC

Etheredge v. Walt Disney World

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:00:58	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Tipton, William	In Person
00:05:07	General Case Activities
00:12:49	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Tipton, William	In Person
00:26:10	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Tipton, William	In Person
00:49:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Tipton, William	In Person
00:53:38	General Case Activities
00:54:08	Break
01:10:13	General Case Activities
01:11:20	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Levin, John	Video Recording
01:24:11	Witness Cross Examination	Richardson, Brian	Levin, John	Video Recording
01:34:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Levin, John	Video Recording
01:36:02	General Case Activities
01:37:19	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Banna, Rasti	In Person
01:47:27	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Banna, Rasti	In Person
01:50:42	General Case Activities
01:56:07	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Banna, Rasti	In Person
02:08:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Banna, Rasti	In Person
02:10:35	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Etheredge, Leslie	In Person
02:13:48	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Etheredge, Leslie	In Person
02:17:12	General Case Activities
02:18:17	General Case Activities
02:19:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:01:20	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Steele, Scott	Video Recording
00:34:59	Witness Cross Examination	Richardson, Brian	Steele, Scott	Video Recording
00:47:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Steele, Scott	Video Recording
00:50:45	General Case Activities	Nichols, Jack
00:51:49	General Case Activities
00:51:59	Break
01:06:25	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Acevedo, Dr. Jorge MD	Video Recording
01:30:14	Witness Cross Examination	Richardson, Brian	Acevedo, Dr. Jorge MD	Video Recording
01:33:20	General Case Activities	Nichols, Jack
01:33:42	General Case Activities
01:35:25	General Case Activities	Nichols, Jack
01:37:55	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Banna, Valerie	In Person
01:45:39	General Case Activities
01:47:47	General Case Activities	Nichols, Jack
01:48:26	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Banna, Valerie	In Person
01:59:57	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Banna, Valerie	In Person
02:02:20	General Case Activities
02:05:45	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Banna, Valerie	In Person
02:15:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Banna, Valerie	In Person
02:16:46	General Case Activities
02:17:12	Break
02:24:07	General Case Activities
02:25:20	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Acevedo, Dr. Jorge MD	Video Recording
02:40:26	Witness Cross Examination	Liston, Bianca	Acevedo, Dr. Jorge MD	Video Recording
02:46:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Acevedo, Dr. Jorge MD	Video Recording
02:49:06	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Acevedo, Dr. Jorge MD	Video Recording
03:05:18	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Acevedo, Dr. Jorge MD	Video Recording
03:11:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Acevedo, Dr. Jorge MD	Video Recording
03:14:15	General Case Activities
03:15:28	General Case Activities
03:15:40	Break
03:25:24	Witness Direct Examination	Nichols, Jack	Etheredge, Jalayna	In Person
03:40:30	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, John	Etheredge, Jalayna	In Person
04:14:32	General Case Activities
04:15:41	General Case Activities
04:16:41	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	General Case Activities
00:00:30	Witness Cross Examination	Nichols, Jack	Riggs, Tim	Video Recording
00:04:05	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, John	Caldwell, Katherine	In Person
00:35:44	Witness Cross Examination	Nichols, Jack	Caldwell, Katherine	In Person
00:43:51	General Case Activities	Nichols, Jack		In Person
00:46:46	Witness Cross Examination	Nichols, Jack	Caldwell, Katherine	In Person
00:47:36	General Case Activities	Smith, John
00:48:09	General Case Activities
00:48:37	Break
02:09:20	General Case Activities
02:11:45	Break
02:14:57	General Case Activities
02:15:30	General Case Activities
02:16:10	General Case Activities
02:17:36	General Case Activities
02:27:09	Closing Statement	Nichols, Jack
02:51:55	General Case Activities
03:05:00	Closing Statement	Smith, John
03:44:04	Closing Statement	Nichols, Jack
03:47:00	General Case Activities
03:49:33	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:01	General Case Activities
		00:00:22	Reading of the Verdict
		00:00:50	General Case Activities
		00:01:36	End of Session